Planter.



T. LEWIS.

PLANTEB.

APPLICATION FILED APB..14, 1911.

Patented June 27, 1911.

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T. LEWIS;

' PLANTER.

APPLIUATION FILED APLM, 1911. 996,265. Patented June 27, 1911.

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PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED APRUM. 1911.

Patented June 27, 191'].

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PLANTER.

, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 27, 1911.

Application filed April 14, 1911. Serial No. 621,032. I

To all whom it may concern: .Be it known that I, TpBrAs LEWIS, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the countyof Montgomery'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref- 7 erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

. 'The object I This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wireless check-row planters. 1 e

of-the invention is to provide jcert-ain improvements in the checkfrowing tion'etc, asiwill hereinafter appear.

j 'Referring to the accompanyin drawings,

Figure '1 is a top plan view a planter thereto; Fig. .2 is a side elevation of the having my specific improvements applied same; Fig. 3 is a section on the line a a of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line b b of Fig. 1; and Fig. '5 is a detail View of one of the sheaves.

-'. -Throughout' the specification and drawihgs; similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a horizontal frame provided'with front cross bars'2 and 3, and

mountedon an axle 4. The axle .4 is provided with traction wheels. 5 which support "the planter at the rear, while the forward end thereof is carried by runners or furrow ,gopener 6 attached to the forward cross bar 2.

The planter is provided with a draft tongue, 1- 7 attached to the front cross bars 2 and 3, and by means of which the machine is drawn. .50

Mounted above each runner 6, on the front cross bar 3, is a seed hopper and feeder which maybe of any approved form such as the following, Figs. 3 and 4.

8 represents a hopper proper which communicates' with a respective runrier 6 through a chute and opening 10 in the bot tom of the hopper. Lying against the bottom of each of the hoppers is a feed plate 11 provided with perforations 12, and mounted on a stud shaft 13. Portions of the said plates 11 are covered by plates l4 which lie above the o enings 10 in the bot-tom of the hoppers. Vi hen the plates 11 are revolved and pass from under the plates 14, the seed within the hoppers will fall into the perforations12, and when said perforations reach the openings 10 below the plate 14, said seed will (1 op through the chutes 9 and into the runnez s 6. The stud shafts 13 are each provided with a miter gear 15 which meshes with miter gears 16 on a lateral horizontal shaftl7 journaled in brackets 18. One. end of the shaft 17 is provided with a ratchet l9 engagedby a pawl 20.on a crank 21., freely pivoted onthe said shaft 17, and by means of which the shaft ,17 and the dials or feed crank 21 is connected with a crank 22 by means ofa link 23. The crank 22 is mounted on a short rock shaft 24, Fig. 2, journaled in plates 11 are intermittently rotated. The i a plate 25, supported-from the cross bar 3 by an upright bracket 26. Also mounted on v the shaft 24 is a bifurcated trip crank 27 which is partially controlled by a spring 28. Ext-ending between the arms of the crank 27 is the under run of-an endless horizontal cable or check-row line 29 -which passes around front and rear sheaves 30 and 31. The cable 29 is provided with a plurality of enlargements 32 which successively engage the crank 27 to move the same against the tension of the spring 28. Then one of the enlargements 32 is moving the crank 27, the perforated seed late 11 is being rotated, and one of the perfbrations therein will be moved to a position above the opening 10, thereby dropping the seeds. When the en largement passes the crank 27, the spring 28 will move the crank 27 to a; normal position. It will thus be seen that the seed will be dropped each time the lever 27 is actuated by one of the projections 32. The seed will therefore be placed regularly. It will also be seen that the distance between seed drops may be varied by altering the number p of enlargements 32. The sheaves 30 and 31 may be provided with depressions 33 to accommodate the enlargements 32. V The front sheave 30 is an idler and is mounted on an upright bracket 34 extending from the front cross bar 2. The'rear sheave 31 is the driver and the same is mounted upon strain on the devices. The sheave end of the shaft 35 is journaled inan upwardly -and forwardly inclined arm 36 which pro- 'jects from the bracket or plate 25.

This arm 36 maintains the sheaves 30 and 31 the proper distance apart. The other end of the shaft 35 is carried by brackets 49 extending from the main frame 1. The highest point of the arm 36, it will be-noted, is equal to the height of the upright 34 upon which the sheave 30 is mounted. To take up whatever shock there may be in the cable 29, an idler 37 may be provided. This idler 37 engages the upper run of the cable, and the sameis mounted on an adjustable arm 38 attached to the arm 36. The shaft 35 is provided with a sprocket v39 around which passes a sprocket chain 40, which in turn passes around a sprocket 41 freely mounted on the axle 4. The sprocket 41 is provided I with a clutch portion 42 adapted to engage a clutch portion 43 rigidly attached to the shaft 4. A spring 45 is provided'which n0rmally maintains the two clutch portions in engagement, thereby allowing the wheels 5 to drive the .cable 29 and to intermittently rotate the seed plates 11 through the intervening gearing above described. The clutch members 42 and 43 may be disengaged by a cam portion 44 onthelower end of-a lever 47 pivoted at 46 to the frame 1. The cam portion 44 is adapted to engage a conical face 48 on the sprocket 41, and to thereby move the same longitudinally of the axle to disengage the clutch portions 42 and 43.

'It will be seen from the above description,

that in a check-row planter thus constructed, the seed will be dropped regularly without the aid of exterior devices, and as the machine is of simple construction, the possibility of its becoming inoperative is reduced to a minimum.

' Having described my invention, I claim: In a device of the class specified, the combination with a frame comprising forward cross beams and rearward longitudinal members, a rear axle member supporting the rear portion of said frame, traction wheels mounted on the ends of said axle, runners mountQd on said forward, cross beams, seed hoppers and feed plates adaptedto discharge seed to said runners, a bracket attached to one of said forward cross beams, and a bifurcated lever pivoted on said bracket and connected with said feed plates, of a forward sheave, an upright extended from one of the cross beams and supporting said forward sheave, a rearward driving sheave in horizontal alinement with said forward sheave, an endless check-row line surrounding said sheaves and passing through said bifurcated lever, a clutch-controlled shaft driven from the rear axle and upon which said rearward sheave is mount-.

R. J. MCCARTY, MA'rrHnw SIEBLER.

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Washington, D. C. 

